30th AMM October, 2002

U. S. Army Warrant Officers Association

Annual Meeting of the Members 2002

The 2002 Annual Meeting of the Members kicked off on the evening of October 22, 2002 with a Presidents Reception at the Embassy Suites Hotel, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The AMM Business Session was convened in the morning of October 23rd. Approximately 150 Members were registered for the Annual Meeting.

(Pictured – Attendees recite Pledge of Allegiance at Opening)

Focus Groups met on October 23rd and 24th to discuss topics of interest to USAWOA and the Corps.

A wreath was placed on the grave of a Korean War Soldier at a nearby veterans’ cemetery on the afternoon of October 23rd by the USAWOA Officers. This very meaningful ceremony continues the USAWOA tradition of commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Korean War. (Pictured on the right – Bob Scott, Committee Chair and Frank Meeks, National President lay the wreath at the Korean War Veteran’s grave stone)

2002 National Election results were announced on October 24th (total ballots cast 3664):

(Pictured above – BG Marquez installs National Officers at Banquet) (Note – in the center of the picture is CW5 Phil Tackett, who was elected as the European Region President in June 2002 and thus is also a Region Director)

A Warrant Officer Professional Development Day was conducted on October 25. Topics presented by guest speakers included USAWOA and the Legislative Process by CW5 (Ret) Ray Bell, USAWOA Executive Director; Army Transformation and the Warrant Officers Role by CW5 Dan Logan, Warrant Officer Advisor to the Army Chief of Staff; The ATLDP Study .. What Now? by CW5 John Sparkman, Chair ATLDP-WO Study; Total Force Warrant Officer Recruiting by CW3 Troy Davis, Army Recruiting Command; Warrant Officer Promotion Boards by CW5 Walt Edwards, CW5 Sharon Swartworth and CW5 Willie Dickens. A summary of their briefings will be posted in the near future.

Brigadier General Francisco A. Marquez, Adjutant General of Puerto Rico was the guest speaker and administered the oath of office to the National Officers at the Awards Banquet on October 25th.

The National Awards Committee convened during the period of 1 – 15 October 2002 to consider awards for the period of 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002. The Awards Committee reviewed the individual chapter minutes, nominations and reports provided by the National Headquarters. The following Annual Awards were presented at the Awards Banquet on October 25, 2002:

Winner of the $100 Pentagon Federal Credit Door Prize at the Awards Banquet on October 25th was CW3 Tamara Blakeley , President Arizona Silver Chapter.

Annual Scholarship Funds Raiser – You have raised $18,785 towards this worthy endeavor. We thank you one and all for your support of our Family Member Scholarship Program! Winners of the final drawing held on October 25th were –

The Early Bird Winner was drawn on September 20th. A check for $250.00 was mailed to CW4 (Ret) Douglas F. Carlberg of the Lone Star Chapter, San Antonio, TX.

USAWOA gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance of the Pentagon Federal Credit Union in sponsoring the Refreshments during the AMM business sessions and Professional Development Day plus providing a $100.00 travelers check as a door prize at the Annual Awards Banquet. Thanks also to CW4 (Ret) Bob Scott, member of the Web Committee, who acted as Webmaster Forward, for gathering and reporting onsite information for this page.